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Friday, January 06, 2017

IMAGE COMICS/SKYBOUND ENTERTAINMENT REVEAL WALKING DEAD VARIANT

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Comics/Skybound Entertainment is pleased to reveal a very special
limited variant cover for Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s THE
WALKING DEAD #163.

With artwork by series artist Charlie Adlard, THE WALKING DEAD #163
Cover B will feature full colors by Dave Stewart and an image of series
protagonist Rick Grimes dressed in series antagonist Negan’s
characteristic leather motorcycle jacket and holding the iconic Lucille
barbed bat.

THE WALKING DEAD #163 begins an all-new story arc which will explore the aftermath of the Whisperer War.

Limited quantities of both THE WALKING DEAD #163 Cover B by Adlard and
Stewart and THE WALKING DEAD #163 Cover C (B&W version) by Adlard
will be available on Wednesday, February 1st—the official date of Image
Comics’ 25th anniversary. Final order cutoff for comics retailers is
Monday, January 9th.

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992
by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to
become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image
currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd
McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major
houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline,
Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in
nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science
fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction,
humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium
today. For more information, visitwww.imagecomics.com.

ABOUT SKYBOUND ENTERTAINMENT
Founded in 2010, Skybound Entertainment is a multiplatform entertainment
company specializing in television, comics, film, digital content,
interactive, gaming, and merchandise. The company is led by The Walking
Dead creator Robert Kirkman and his longtime producing and business
partner David Alpert.